Energy Contest Winners

2nd ANNUAL STUDENT ENERGY CONSERVATION ESSAY and ART CONTEST

AWARDS CEREMONY: Wed., April 30, 2008
War Memorial Auditorium
Newton City Hall

The contest was sponsored by the Green Decade and the Newton Schools Foundation with support from the Mayor's Office for Cultural Affairs, the New Art Center, the Newton Community Service Center, William M. Pollack and NSTAR. Awards were presented by special guest Mayor David Cohen.

All the first place entries.
All the winning art entries
Photos from the awards ceremony
(photos by Shawn P. Fitzgibbons)

Mayor David Cohen presented awards to winners of the Green Decade Coalition's Second Annual Newton Essay and Art Contest for Energy Conservation on Wednesday evening, April 30 at the War Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. The contest sponsors, NSTAR and the Newton Schools Foundation, generously donated prize money totaling $1500 for the essay contest; art contest prize funds were donated by a private group of businesses this year. Prizes were presented by Green Decade president Ana Zarina Asuaje Solon and Energy Committee Chair Eric Olson.

In addition, the Mayor presented an award certificates to four teachers with the largest groups of entrants: Dirk Detlefsen (Countryside Elementary School), Marianne Marks (Oak Hill Middle School), Rhonda Rendulich (Burr Elementary School) and Stacy Pyron of the New Art Center.

Nearly 300 people attended the award ceremony, including the winners, their families, and the contest sponsors and judges. Over 150 students entered this year's contest, with 105 in the art contest and 51 in the essay contest, including 8 students who submitted both essay and artwork.

Newton's energy consumption continues to climb in spite of increased awareness of the harm caused by CO2 emissions and global warming. Newton City government has already made great strides in reducing energy consumption and is well on the way to reaching it's goal of 20% reduction. Now it is time for the citizens of Newton to follow suit.

The Green Decade's goal is that this annual essay and art contest will inspire Newton residents of all ages to conserve more resources, especially those that cannot be easily replenished. Essay Contest judges were Martha Cleveland, Jenny Craddock, Martha Cleveland, Ann Dannenberg, Ira Krepchin, Lois Levin, Mary McCarthy, Helen Rittenberg and David Tannozzini. Art Contest judges were Arlene Bandes, Marcia Cooper, Michele Davis, Beverly Droz, Carolyn Knight and Wendy Lewis. This year's contest coordinators were Amanda Frank for Art and Oleg Kordunskiy for Essay.

ESSAY Contest	ART Contest
K - 2 1st Prize: Amrita Shankar, Franklin 2nd Prize: Caroline Saksena, Countryside 3rd Prize (tie): Angela DeNucci & Noelle Quinn, Williams 3rd Prize(tie): Sophia Wilcox-Warren, Cabot	K - 2 1st Prize: Noah Whiting, Mason Rice 2nd Prize: Will Riley, Cabot 3rd Prize: Caroline Saksena, Countryside Honorable Mention (4) Max Schaefer, Burr Micah Long, Peirce Lily Durbin, Bowen Hannah Kiritsy, Bowen
Elementary School 1st Prize: Sarah Dahl, Countryside 2nd Prize: Charles Goodfriend, Countryside 3rd Prize: Eliza Beth, Countryside Honorable Mention (4) Dianne Lee, Ward Julia Mount, Countryside Sam Fidler, Countryside Jacob Silverman, Angier	Elementary School 1st Prize: Grace Ledgard, Burr 2nd Prize: Matia Whiting, Mason Rice 3rd Prize: Rachel Tils, Peirce Honorable Mention (4) Sarah Dembling, Countryside Anna Nesgos, Burr Ann Shattuc, Underwood Sarah Dahl, Countryside
Middle School 1st Prize: Jasper Barbash-Taylor, Oak Hill 2nd Prize: Josh Nislick, Oak Hill 3rd Prize: Leah Abercrombie, Oak Hill Honorable Mention (4) Ravi Panse, Oak Hill Josh Sapers, Oak Hill Karina Alfisher, Oak Hill Benjamin Kim, Oak Hill	Middle School 1st Prize: Vivian Liu, Oak Hill 2nd Prize: Elena Byun, Oak Hill 3rd Prize: Melissa, Sullivan, Corwin-Russell School at Broccoli Hall Honorable Mention (4) Marina Miller, F. A. Day Sima Kasraie, Oak Hill Kelly Lo, Oak Hill Chloe Fulara, Oak Hil
High School 1st Prize (tie): Carolyn Ranti, N.North 1st Prize (tie): Daniel Sulkin, N. South	High School 1st Prize: Angelina Zhou, Newton North 2nd Prize: Phoebe Nesgos, Newton North 3rd Prize: Elizabeth Ruby, Newton North Honorable Mention (4) James Perkins Newton North Jordan Schnee, Newton South Elizabeth Shrier, Newton North Daniel Sulkin, Newton South
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS Shohini Kundu, Amherst Regional Middle School Andrew Schneider, Oak Hill Alexandra Palmer, The Winsor School

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